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Archive for the ‘Namibia’ Category

Distance: 72.9 km Ride time: 3:38:15 Average: 20.0 km/h Max speed: 25.6 km/h Total: 46532 km I sometimes think about the “days since leaving home” as years. There was day 1776 when I was on Long Island in New York, and 1945 when I was in Southern Namibia. I was born in 1983, so today [ Read More ]

Distance: 110.6 km Ride time: 5:56:42 Average: 18.6 km/h Max speed: 25.6 km/h Total: 46459 km It’s now a month and a half and 2000 km since I entered Namibia – and it’s all coming to an end up here in the extreme north-eastern corner of the country. Getting ready for today’s ride with a [ Read More ]

Distance: 101.7 km Ride time: 5:46:58 Average: 17.6 km/h Max speed: 27.7 km/h Total: 46348 km After the close call with the truck last week, I felt I was somehow seeing things in a new light. Not that I would say that I’m getting more nervous, but a different kind of perspective has emerged – [ Read More ]

Distance: 101.0 km Ride time: 6:08:41 Average: 16.4 km/h Max speed: 22.0 km/h Total: 46246 km It felt good hitting the road again after the unwanted break in Windhoek. I was however looking over my shoulder a few more times than normal to see if a sleeping truck driver would be surprising me once again. [ Read More ]

I had already spent 10 days in Windhoek in February applying (unsuccessfully) for a visa to Angola. Now, after the truck accident and a broken bike, I was on my way the 900 km back to the capital. From the small town of Divundu where I was staying I simply went to the gas station [ Read More ]

Distance: 75.0 km Ride time: 4:18:15 Average: 17.4 km/h Max speed: 28.1 km/h Total: 46145 km That’s Angola over there on the other side of the river! Since I haven’t managed to get hold of a visa, my new plan is to turn right and continue towards Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. That doesn’t sound too [ Read More ]

Distance: 113.4 km Ride time: 5:39:09 Average: 20.1 km/h Max speed: 32.4 km/h Total: 46070 km I’m now entering the tiny strip of land between Angola and Botswana known as the Caprivi Strip. Due to it’s location next to the Zambezi river it has been involved in several wars over the years. There was even [ Read More ]

Distance: 145.3 km Ride time: 7:02:40 Average: 20.6 km/h Max speed: 37.1 km/h Total: 45957 km A long 145 kilometer cycling day made possible by the fact that the day started with 80 km of descend. Only lost 300 meters of altitude, but since there was no wind it was enough to keep the speed [ Read More ]

Distance: 59.4 km Ride time: 3:11:32 Average: 18.6 km/h Max speed: 35.6 km/h Total: 45812 km After three days of lying down I was happy to be back on the bike for a short 3 hour ride over to Grootfontein. The back felt much better, but of course its always wise to start slow after [ Read More ]

Distance: 63.5 km Ride time: 3:35:11 Average: 17.7 km/h Max speed: 48.2 km/h Total: 45753 km Normally I love cycling in hilly terrain, but with my back still in a questionable shape, the hills outside Tsumeb gave me a bit of trouble. Nothing wrong with the view, though. After a short climb I was rolling [ Read More ]